The Incredible Edible Hulk

It is a grimmer, gloomier and greener variation on familiar Marvel Comics superhero movie themes of betrayal, sacrifice and special effects.

But it also has decent acting, particularly from Tim Roth, as a villainous super-soldier, and some highly charged and terrifically choreographed action scenes by Louis Leterrier, who also directed "The Transporter" films.

I have a fondness for Ang Lee's haunting and sensitive "Hulk" - and you can compare the two films by watching their trailers below.

To my eyes, the facial features of the digitally animated character in both films are pretty similar.

However, the "Hulk" trailer I posted is for the DVD - after its commercially disappointing theatrical release in 2003 - and emphasizes the sorts of action scenes that the studio wished Ang Lee, the art film director of "Brokeback Mountain," had included more of.

But unlike "Iron Man," what "The Incredible Hulk," which stars Edward Norton (and features appearances by the late Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, who starred in the TV series based on the character) does not have is an after-credit-coda.

The "Iron Man" coda - I left the theater when the credits started and missed it! - featured Samuel L. Jackson as Sgt. Nick Fury, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, in a scene that sets up a future alliance between the characters, in what he calls "the Avengers Initiative."